Ireland’s very first permanent booze-free bar is to open this weekend.

The Virgin Mary bar will be opening on Capel Street on May 10 and will have alcohol-free versions of all your favourite drinks. On offer you’ll find non-alcoholic beers, virgin cocktails (hence the name of the bar) and alcohol-free spirits like Silk Tree and Ceder’s, as well as de-alcoholised wines including Natureo. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmgGRAnVpL/ The idea was created by Vaughan Yates and Oisín Davis, the pair behind the Irish mixer range Poachers. Oisín explains, “If a fellow Dubliner wants to catch up with mates after 4pm in the city but doesn’t want to hang out in a pub, the only options available to them are multi-national cafes that largely lack any atmosphere. “I’m really looking forward to changing that and finally giving people an alternative.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BubEP2Knn-P/ The Virgin Mary will be open 4pm to 11pm every day.